What rotors do you guys use? By you guys I mean Honda Challenge, ITA, ITC, etc.
Have heard a lot of you use Autozone rotors.

 

I use $17 China rotors they work great.

 

Yep. Pretty much just OEM replacement crap. In H2-H5, the rotor has to be same size/material/etc as stock, so pretty much any stock replacement will do. Plus, with only 2000 lbs and 130 hp, you get plenty of braking power out of stock rotors, crappy pads, and 1 piston calipers. I'm sure some of the faster cars would have more of a problem on that setup.

 

but what if you upgrade to performance pads? don't you need new rotors to compensate for the added heat that the pad will produce.

 

New rotors or different rotors? With some pads, we might change rotors as often as we do pads (new rotors), but they are all plain ol' replacement rotors.

K

 

Autozone here. Change them everytime I change pads. 1-2 race weekends on the GSR, depending on track.

 

not a race car...
but Autozone =
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=181691
[several pix in that thread]

 

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Damn Zsolt! You're blowing through pads & rotors after 1-2 weekends. Are you bending the brake pedal too?

$25 Autozone rotors for the ITR here too.

 

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262x21 mm rotors on a fast car. And this is with prolly ~150WHP max and 2575lbs. I don't even want to think about this year with 170WHP and 2680#

Maybe BAR will let me borrow some carbon/carbon brake parts.

 

Brembo

 

I use the best rotors on the planet .................................................

Cross drilled, slotted with hot pink hats!!

I felt an amazing change in braking POWAH the instant I installed them (though that could have been the chili I had for lunch ... POWAH!!)

Yeah, they're totally rad man. Get um!

Actually, I use either Autozone of Cobalt blanks.

 

sorry to highjack but since we're on the subject of brakes...i'm running generic pads from murrays (pretty much autozone)...autox i can overcome the max grip the azenis can handle under hard but modulated (not slamming on them or anything) braking...is it worth upgrading to hawks or a better compound pad? no noticable fade or anything...thoughts? i don't think i'd be able to stop any faster since i'm already overcoming the grip of the tires..but maybe i don't understand something..

 

autozone rotors here. They haven't done me wrong yet.

I go trough a set of fronts every 2-3 weekends, so the cheapest ones they have are what I buy.

 

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A higher performance pad may have better initial bite and modulation to the point of the tires weakness.

Put those pads on a road course with any adequate amounts of hard braking zones and I guarantee you will fade those pads.

 

mine are forged unubtainium.

 

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Rotors are cheap in comparison to pad sets. I can buy 8 pairs of rotors for the cost of one set of pads. We use 3 sets of pads for a season and 10-12 sets of rotors for a 10-12 weekend 15-17 race schedule.

Rick

 

I use the cheapest rotors available, change them every 2-3 weekends I think.
My uncle owns an autozone-esque parts place, that sponsors my crx, so I think I've been paying between 10 and 15$ cdn per rotor

 

well thanks for the feedback, it's good to know the 'zone will back it's lifetime warranty.

 

I use OEM Honda on my ITC CRX and have not had any problems and sleep better knowing they are OEM. I usually get 6 plus weekends on a set with Hawk Blues.

 

ive been using autozone ones for the past 2 years,, just switched to honda oem ones and they are lasting considerable longer.. go figure..
my next set will still be autozone though..

 

after watching willard at slummit glowing autozone rotors, a figure autozone will work fine on my slow track bucket. and as much as i crack rotors, 11.99 at autozone is the way to go. 3 month warranty+manager is the parts manager at my workplace=lots-o-free rotors


Modified by Lo-Buck EF at 7:19 PM 1/21/2005

 

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Autozone rotors work fine. We started using them in '00 and have been using them since on the crx (ita/h4). We tried OEMs, brembo blanks and cryo treated brembo blanks, but we've always came back to the Autozone rotors. Just can't beat the bang for the buck. I think we've had a couple that were "bad", but it was pretty easy to notice these bad rotors from behind the wheel within a handful of laps (they warp and show cracks really fast, and you'll feel it). Even so, they are so cheap it doesn't matter. On the Integra, we had the same set of Autozone rotors since the car was built last year until the ARRC where we put on a new set of good old Autozone rotors. This first set went through four races and three test days. They do show signs of wear, but will definitely still be used again this year. So no complaints here!